Livermore News

Cutting the ribbon at the new landfill gas to liquefied natural gas plant at the Waste Management Altamont Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility in Livermore took a lot of hands.

The California High Speed Rail Authority will hold a meeting Tuesday to take public comments on the Altamont Corridor Rail Improvements project.

It will likely take many years and several billion dollars to bring a long sought-after BART extension to Livermore, according to local officials and a newly released environmental document.

HINDU CENTER to HOST FREE HEALTH FAIR: A free health fair will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Shiva-Vishnu Temple.

Acknowledging that it will be a "tough sell," Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, introduced legislation Wednesday that he says would cut estate taxes for family farms and small businesses nationwide by more than $233 billion in 2011.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory hired Penrose Albright to oversee work on security research.

If the Livermore school board opts to hire a search firm to help find a replacement for outgoing Superintendent Brenda Miller, it will cost $27,200. In good economic times, that would probably seem a relatively small price to pay to fill a position so important.

A judge has ordered the cities of Livermore and Industry to pay more than $250,000 in attorneys' fees, including nearly $78,000 to the city of Fillmore, for the costs of successfully defending a lawsuit over a sales tax deal.

The public hearing dates have been set for a soon-to-be-released environmental impact report on the proposed BART-to-Livermore extension.

The latest edition of a oeAmericaa s Next Top Modela proved to be an equation that Livermorea s Brittany Markert couldna t crack.

A 19-year-old Livermore man was struck and killed by a freight train early Saturday morning east of downtown Livermore, police reported.

The Livermore City Council authorized City Manager Linda Barton to enter into a memorandum of understanding to establish an innovation hub in the city.

NUMBERED YEARS used to be the time that East Bay residents selected many of their representatives for school boards, city councils and other local offices.

A crash involving an overturned big-rig and a sedan blocked several lanes of eastbound Interstate Highway 580 for over an hour in Livermore Thursday morning.

The shuttering this week of PW Market on North Vasco Road has left a hole in the fresh-meat-and-cheese-loving hearts of former customers who say they want another high-end market to take its place.

Auditions are under way for the recreation and park district's Livermore Idol competition - an American Idol-style talent show that pits would-be teen stars against each other.

Scientists familiar with the work of a former Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear physicist whose house was searched by the FBI said he is not a spy.

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Police are looking for clues in a stabbing that left a Livermore man dead. About 11:35 p.m. Saturday police received a 911 call saying that a man, who appeared to have been in a fight, was lying on the sidewalk in a residential area near Walnut Street and Livermore Avenue.

A certified financial planner who served on the San Jose City Council and its police department has tossed his hat in the ring for Rep.